Spain was neutral in wwi and wwii but experienced a civil war 19361939 which killed over 500,000 people. It can be writter in easy words and phrases rather than confusing. Responsibility translated from the aztec into english, with notes and illus. Monographs of the school of american research, santa fe, new mexico. The spanish civil war 19361939 by antony beevor, imperial spain, 1469 1716 by j. General history of the things of new spain in searchworks. After his defeat, spain began to transform itself into a modern, industrial, and democratic european nation. He received his ma from claremont college and his phd in anthropology from the university of southern california.
Spain has seen many tribal groupings coming through and settling and mixing to produce the current colourful mixture which are the spaniards and other, still separate groups. Commonly referred to as the florentine codex, the manuscript consists of 12 books devoted to different topics. The victorious general francisco franco ruled as a brutal dictator until his death in 1975. Hernando cortez is the name of the leader of the expedition, commonly associated with new spain, and mexico, the ancient capital of the aztec empire. Published by the school of american research and the university of utah. The conquest of mexico florentine codex, a general history. After the completion of the reconquista, the crown of castile began to explore across the atlantic ocean in 1492. It is a nice coverage of the very complex past of spain from prehistory to the present. Anderson 19071996 was an anthropologist specializing in aztec culture and language. The 12 books of the codex originally were bound in four volumes but later rebound into three. I used it only for verification purposes, since it has been revised with new s over much of the twentieth century.
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